JUDGMENT : C.K.Abdul Rehim, J 1. In this original petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner is seeking to quash Ext.P3 order passed by the Family Court, Alappuzha in I.A.No.104/2018 in O.P.No.568/2016. 2. The respondent herein had filed O.P.No.568/2016 before the Family Court seeking for dissolution of the marriage existing between the parties herein, under provisions of the Special Marriage Act. The said original petition was dismissed by the Family Court on 22.01.2018, through Ext.P2 judgment. Evidently, the original petition was dismissed as not pressed based on a submission made by the respondent herein, that he is intending to file another case day itself, the respondent herein filed I.A.No.104/2018. The Family Court passed the impugned order (Ext.P3) on 17/03/2018 issuing bailable warrant to the petitioner herein. The order reads as follows: “Petitioner present. Counter petitioner absent. No representation. Issue bailable warrant to counter petitioner. Take steps. Call on 07.04.2018.” 3. Main contention of the petitioner herein is that, the interim application was not maintainable before the Family Court, after dismissal of the original petition. The order issuing bailable warrant against the petitioner herein, is absolutely without jurisdiction and is illegal and improper, is the contention. 4. Despite service of notice from this court, the respondent herein has not chosen to enter appearance or to contest the matter. We are at a loss to understand as to how the Family Court could entertain an interim application seeking custody of the minor children, in an original petition which was already dismissed as not pressed. Further, it is not discernible as to how a bailable warrant can be issued to the petitioner herein, merely for the reason of her absence before the Family Court in the above said interim application. We find no jurisdiction vested on the Family Court in passing such an order. The impugned order is illegal and unsustainable. Hence we are inclined to interfere. In the result, the original petition is hereby allowed. Ext.P3 order passed by the Family Court, Alappuzha in I.A.No.104/2018 in O.P.No.568/2018 is hereby quashed. It is held that the interim application is not maintainable before that court, because the original petition itself stands already dismissed.